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My Moccamaster Delivers Drip Coffee Perfection

My Moccamaster Delivers Drip Coffee Perfection

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Coffee is the original office biohack and the nation’s most popular productivity tool. As we lose sleep to the changeover to daylight saving time, the caffeine-addicted WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite coffee brewing routines and devices that’ll keep us alert and maybe even happy in the morning. Today, reviewer Simon Hill gives an ode to the Technivorm Moccamaster. In the days after, we’ll add other Java.Base stories about other WIRED writers’ favorite brewing methods. I don’t function too well until I’ve slurped down my first coffee of the day. It’s an addiction I accepted long ago. But my pursuit of the ideal morning cup has taken years. I tend to get obsessive about finding the ideal gadget (there’s a reason I’m on the WIRED Reviews team). I’m always eyeing up the next big thing, but the Technivorm Moccamaster KBGT is my forever drip coffee machine. Six minutes is all that stands between you and a perfectly brewed mug of delicious coffee. The Moccamaster is consistent, reliable, easy to use, and quiet. With …

Best Coffee Grinders For Espresso and Drip, Machine-Tested (2026)

Best Coffee Grinders For Espresso and Drip, Machine-Tested (2026)

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Compare Our Top 5 Grinders Best Budget Coffee Grinders As mentioned above, the best bang for your buck will always be a hand grinder like my favorite, the Kingrinder K6 manual coffee grinder ($100). A precisely machined manual coffee grinder can rival coffee grinders many hundreds of dollars more expensive, both in precision and durability. And so the best manual coffee grinder will also be the budget option that’ll lead to the best coffee. I’ve personally come to love the routine, and the control. But I get it. You’ll happily grind your pepper with the best pepper grinder, but you draw the line at grinding coffee. Mornings are hard. Electricity helps. These are the budgetiest of budget electric coffee grinder options for each style of brew, all blessedly hands-off. None of these will lead to the clarity of flavors or sweetness or delicacy of our top picks. But they’re the absolute lowest-cost devices we recommend for each category of brew. Best Budget Coffee Grinder for Drip Coffee Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Oxo Compact Conical Burr Grinder …

6 Best Coffee Makers (2026): Drip Is Drippin’

6 Best Coffee Makers (2026): Drip Is Drippin’

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Compare the Top 6 Drip Coffee Makers Frequently Asked Questions How We Tested and Chose the Best Drip Coffee Machines AccordionItemContainerButton I’ve been a drip coffee fan—some might say fanatic—for quite some time. Much of my machine selection comes from personal experience and decade-long history as a coffee writer and reporter. To broaden my selection, I listened to some of the best minds in coffee, including internet bean personalities like James Hoffmann and Lance Hedrick, trusted baristas and roasters, my friend Joel, and countless published lists by credible sources. If it looked good, I tried it. And sometimes, I just took a flyer on an interesting-looking machine. But if you don’t see your favorite budget Hamilton Beach or Cuisinart 14-Cup on this list, it’s because I focused on a new generation of devices that are moving drip coffee forward in terms of flavor and technical sophistication—adding bloom cycles, dual heating elements, customization, or precise water temperature control. That said, there are still a couple budget devices that make actual good coffee. My favorite of these …

Breville Luxe Brewer Review (2025): Good Drip, Real Cold Brew

Breville Luxe Brewer Review (2025): Good Drip, Real Cold Brew

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The device is programmable in most of its particulars. By clicking the settings option, coffee geeks are free to create their own custom criteria, modulating the brew temp to an accuracy of a single degree. Other settings adjust the size and time of a pour-over-style bloom, and the flow rate of coffee through a shower-style brew head. But most people won’t bother. If you press the “brew” button, the device will sense the amount of water in the removable water reservoir and brew accordingly. For small-batch coffee below 20 ounces, you’ll use a conical basket insert and conical paper filters. For larger batches, you’ll use flat-bottom filters and the default flat-bottom brewing basket. The Breville brews quite well on default settings. According to my wireless thermometer, the brewing temperature curve looks like a broad butte. The shower wets coffee grounds evenly. And the result is smooth, aromatic, tasty coffee—coffee that brings out a lot of the subtle aromatic notes in light or medium roast coffee. Courtesy of Breville But Breville by default brews a bit …